[78-L] The Christmas Songs

[Royal Pemberton]

'You're a mean one, Mr Grinch'.  Squeak!

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:29 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> Amazing how some songs that were originally heard only in context have
> become
> ubiquitous..yesterday I heard Thurl Ravenscroft's sub-basement basso
> bellowing
> all over K-Mart. A five pound bag of wet mice goes to the 78-eller who
> identifies the tune (see below).
>
> I've also heard Louis Armstrong's "Cool Yule" twice in supermarkets.
>
> Absolutely nobody played Feliz Navidad when it first came out. That one
> took a
> couple of years to catch on.
>
> As for that whiney piece of sh*t from the Charlie Brown Christmas, I kept
> hearing that on PA systems for a couple of years and trying to figure what
> it
> was and who it was and why anyone in their right mind would inflict it on
> us.
> Depressing, horribly performed, not in the least stimulating to shoppers.
> Finally I recognized it as something from a program I watched in its first
> incarnation and which I thought was lousy then and time has not changed my
> opinion.
>
> dl
>
> Michael Biel wrote:
> > Actually there is more.  The previously discussed Little Drummer Boy's
> > first xmas season was 1958.  Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime"
> > is 1979.  And John and Yoko's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is 1971.
> >
> >
> > Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] The Christmas Songs
> > From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> > Date: Fri, December 18, 2009 1:45 am
> > To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> >
> > From: "Steven C. Barr" <stevenc at interlinks.net>
> >> the odd thing is that there is only one fairly recent addition
> >> ..."Jingle Bell Rock"
> >
> > That one was 1957. Here are some newer than that.
> >
> > Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (1958)
> > Chipmunk Song (1958)
> > Run Run Rudolph (1958)
> > Do You Hear What I Hear (1962)
> > Christmas Time Is Hear (Charlie Brown Christmas 1965)
> > You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch (1966)
> > Feliz Navidad (1970)
> > Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer (1979)
> > All I Want For Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey 1994)
> >
> > Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
> >
> >
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